LAST round as Brisbane reversed its road loss to Perth, Bullets coach Andrej Lemanis remarked playing an opponent again within such a short time frame made it seem like playoffs, with time to make adjustments.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: There was a time we universally accepted Victoria and Melbourne was basketball in Australia's Mecca, before SA's Adelaide briefly enjoyed the notoriety of "Titletown." But seriously now, it's definitely "Go West young man, and young woman."

JOEY WRIGHT will coach his 450th NBL game tomorrow in Auckland as a winner, after his Adelaide 36ers answered a thorough Taipans test with the winning exam paper, failing Cairns 91-83 last night at the Orange Grove.